War Game Exercise Demonstrates How Social Media Manipulation Works
In an educational game called "Capture the Narrative," students created bots to sway a fictional election, simulating influence in real-world political scenarios.
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In an educational game called "Capture the Narrative," students created bots to sway a fictional election, simulating influence in real-world political scenarios.
The European Commission is investigating whether TikTok allowed foreign actors to influence voters during recent Romanian elections
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US government agencies said the video, widely shared on social media, is part of Russia’s broader strategy of undermining the integrity of the Presidential Election
No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl" Spamouflage, the Beijing-linked trolls known for spreading fake news about American politics, is back with new accounts on X and TikTok that claim to be frustrated US voters in "more aggressive" attempts to influence the upcoming presidential election.…
12 on X and one on Instagram caught in the crackdown OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian crew suspected of spreading fake news on social media sites about the upcoming US presidential campaign.…
Because who needs disinformation research at times like these The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), which for the past five years has been studying and reporting on social media disinformation, is being reimagined with new management and fewer staff following the recent departure of research director Renee DiResta.…
Meta’s moderation failings could allow coordinated disinformation campaigns to thrive in the run-up to the EU election
Boffins find Twitter foreign influence campaign didn't have much pull Russian disinformation didn't materially affect the way people voted in the 2016 US presidential election, according to a research study published on Monday, though that doesn't make the effect totally inconsequential.…
Plus: Truth Social barred from Play until it shows just one iota of decency Google and its YouTube subsidiary have joined other social media networks pledging to keep the 2022 US midterm elections safe and free from Russian trolls — and anyone else spewing democracy-damaging disinformation – by taking down such content.…